Experimental pix, sky pix, electric storm pix

(Oct. 04)

Hi there

You've found your way to a series of experimental photographs. I have pocket-size cameras -- manual, hybrid, digital (details at the end, and maybe later) -- but no tripod, which makes for some interesting effects, especially at night.

Let's start at dawn:

(Oct. 13, 04)

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The full moon causes sleeplessness -- I'm an inveterate insomniac and enjoy those nights full of light.
Here are some pix taken in 2003/2004/2006:

(It was a very cold December night in 2003. My camera lens clouded over when
I took the above two pix through an open window.)

(Dec. 03)

(Mar. 04)

One July night in 2004, I gladly went without sleep as the sky was just too spectacular:
(all of the above: July 04)
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On another night in July 04 (it may have been the same night as the above) an electric storm in clouds high above the ground in the northern sky held me spellbound. The storm must have been quite a long way off because I could hear no thunder, just see the lightning tumbling about inside the cloud, occasionally shooting a bolt downwards or sideways. Never seen anything like it. Of course, my poor little manual camera was woefully inadequate for the occasion, but some images may still catch your fancy (I took about thirty over a fifteen-minute period or even longer):

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(no comment, except July 04)

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See how the full moon rose one night in December 05:
At about 4AM on June 22, 06, there was just the thinnest sliver of moon in the black south-eastern sky (going out on a limb here -- click on the image for an enlarged view and you might, just might see the moon):
Moments later, I took this photo of the nearby teaching hospital and a construction crane -- lit up like a squashed Xmas tree for visibility -- sending out their rays of light to the south-west:

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Cameras/film:
• Digital fist-size camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC50, Leica DC vario lens, 35mm equiv., 9x Digital Zoom, 35-105, 3x optical, 3.2 Mega Pixels
• Autofocus/autolight pocket-size camera: Canon IXUS II; Canon zoom lens f=23-46 mm 1:4.2–5.6; APS colour film, 200 ASA
• Manual pocket-size camera: Olympus XA with back light function, no flash; Olympus F•Zuiko lens f=35mm 1:2.8; traditional colour film, usually 400 ASA